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GAZA, Jan 15 (KUNA) -- The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will
announce a new political plan, and would present it to the Palestinians by
next March, Israeli daily Yediaot Ahranot reported on Sunday.
Israel wants to arrange a summit meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, while an ongoing dialogue
is set to last till March, the newspaper quoted state officials as saying.
On Saturday, Israeli envoy Attorney Yitzhak Molcho and chief Palestinian
negotiator Saeb Erekat met for the third time in Amman. It is expected that
Netanyahu will present his plan on borders and security issues at this time,
it added.
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to hold a fourth meeting, scheduled
for January 25, a day before the expiration of the Quartet's three-month
deadline for the two sides to issue a statement on these two dossiers that
would allow resumption of talks.
Netanyahu has promised to present clear positions on borders and security.
In the past, he has hinted that big settlement blocs will remain inside Israel
while other territories will be transferred to the Palestinians, the newspaper
said.
Some settlements outside the main blocs will also remain under Israeli
sovereignty. Netanyahu is adamantly opposed to a return to the 1967
borderlines and has repeatedly stressed that Jerusalem must remain united
under Israeli rule, the daily added.
He has thus far refused to present his plan publically, which may cause a
stir among his coalition partners, the paper noted.
Some political figures believe that exposing Netanyahu's plan may cause the
general elections to be moved forward, the daily reported.
His political plan is scheduled to outline clear security positions such a
demilitarized Palestinian Authority, Israeli rule in the Jordan Rift Valley
for several decades, as well as clear borderlines in the West Bank, it added.
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